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Materials Science and Engineering 581.01
Materials Science Laboratory I
Catalog Data:
Laboratory experiments related to material properties and processes. Introduction to experimental techniques in materials science. Development of technical writing skills. Au Qtr. Required.
Prerequisites:
MSE 205 and 3rd year engineering standing or permission of instructor.
Time Distribution:
1-hr. lecture and 2-hr. lab session per week
Objectives:
Learn important techniques and procedures used in materials science including computer data acquisition (LabView) and data analysis. Investigate important diffusional and kinetic phenomena in solid materials through structured experimentation. Develop technical report writing skills. Meet ABET Criteria 3 Outcomes a, b, e, f, g, and k.
Textbooks:
[Please see current course syllabus for text.]
Lecture Topics :
Each bulleted item comprises approximately one lecture
- Requirements of the course: reports, exercises, reading assignments, laboratory notebook.
- Formatting tables and charts in Excel, format of technical reports, and common errors in writing technical reports.
- Errors and statistical analysis of data.
- Theory of ionic conductivity and diffusion.
- Temperature measurement and calibration of thermocouples.
- Density and porosity of solids.
- Thermal expansion of metals and ceramics.
- Thermal decomposition (calcination) of substances used in processing of materials.
- Kinetics and mechanism of thermal decomposition reactions.
- Virtual instruments and LabView programming.
Lab Topics:
Formal Lab Reports
Each draft of each report is graded for English merit and Technical merit.
•Ionic Conductivity and Diffusion inYttria stabilized Zirconia (1st and 2nd drafts)
•Thermal Expansion of Materials (1st and 2nd drafts)
•Thermal Decomposition of CaCO3 (1st draft only)
Lab Exercises
The following exercises do not require formal reports
- Noise and Error Analysis
- Thermocouples and Thermal Response
- Density and Porosity of Materials
- Writing Virtual Instruments (VI’s) in LabView
- Laboratory Notebook
Grading Plan:
45% Technical merit of formal laboratory reports (3 reports two are rewritten), 30% English merit of formal laboratory reports (3 reports two are rewritten), 25% laboratory exercises (5 assignments)
Professional Component Content:
Engineering Science: 1.5 credits or 75%.
Engineering Design: 0.5 credits or 25%.
Design Component Content:
Students provide written answers to engineering questions that require them to use the data they have collected in. Students design and write one subroutine (virtual instrument) used by the LabView software.
Relation to Program Objectives:
Program Objectives 1, 2, 3 and 4 are involved:
1. This course requires students to use basic science and engineering concepts to explain experimental data which they have collected.
2. Students are required to run experiments, do calculations and analyze experimental data.
3. Thirty percent of the course grade is based upon the students' ability to write formal laboratory reports. The quality of the students' writing is assessed by graduate students, majoring in English.
4. The students use basic physics, chemistry, and mathematical skills to evaluate their experimental data and interpret it.
Academic Integrity, Academic Misconduct
Academic misconduct may be found in any action that tends to distort the accurate assessment of any student’s individual accomplishments that are evaluated for the purpose of grading or conferring academic credit. Note that a student may be guilty of academic misconduct, for example, by cheating, collaborating, plagiarizing, or by allowing another student to cheat, collaborate, or plagiarize. Note also that the distortion applies, for example, to exams, homework assignments, and laboratory work. To the extent that any class activity (for example: attendance or participation) is used for evaluation for the purpose of grading or conferring academic credit, falsifying or distorting such activity, or permitting another student to falsify or distort such activity, represents academic misconduct.
Additional guidance about what represents academic integrity and misconduct, and related university-wide policies and procedures are available at the following locations:
http://oaa.osu.edu/coam/faq.html
http://oaa.osu.edu/coam/ten-suggestions.html
Course-specific exceptions or amplifications to the departmental and university statements outlined above will be provided by the faculty instructor in writing, preferably as part of the course syllabus.
Note: Students should not request nor accept guidance on these matters from a teaching assistant, fellow student, or anyone other than the faculty instructor of record for this course.
Disabilities Statement
Any student who feels s/he may need an accommodation based on the impact of a disability should contact the Office for Disability Services at 614-292-3307 in room 150 Pomerene Hall to coordinate reasonable accommodations for students with documented disabilities. (URL: http://www.ods.ohio-state.edu/)
Advice on such matters is also available from the MSE department’s undergraduate adviser (1xx-6xx courses) and graduate coordinator (7xx-9xx courses) whose offices may be found in room 477 Watts Hall.
Megan Daniels, Undergraduate Advisor, (614) 292-3145, e-mail Megan concerning the MSE undergrad studies
Mark Cooper, Graduate Studies Coordinator, (614) 292-7280, e-mail Mark concerning the MSE graduate studies
